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NCT05790889
A Study to Test Experimental Blood Stage Malaria Vaccine in Burkina Faso.
Phase 1, PHASE2 trial testing Rabies vaccine in Malaria,Falciparum in 480 participants. Currently enrolling.
30 May 2026
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University of Oxford |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 1, PHASE2 |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | prevention |
| Enrollment | 480 |
| Start date | 3 April 2023 |
| Primary completion | 30 May 2026 |
| Estimated completion | 30 May 2026 |
| Sites | 1 location across Burkina Faso |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Rabies vaccine — full drug profile →
- RH5.1 10μg adjuvated with 50μg Matrix-M — full drug profile →
- RH5.2 5μg adjuvated with 50μg Matrix-M — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Malaria,Falciparum — all drugs for Malaria,Falciparum →
Sponsor
University of Oxford
Who can join
Adults 5 Months to 17 Months, any sex, with Malaria,Falciparum. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This is a Phase IIb randomised controlled trial of the safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of the blood-stage malaria vaccine candidates RH5.1 in Matrix-MTM and RH5.2-VLP in Matrix-MTM in infants aged 5-17 months in Burkina Faso
Publications & conference data
8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Blood-stage malaria vaccine candidate RH5.1/Matrix-M in healthy Tanzanian adults and children; an open-label, non-randomised, first-in-human, single-centre, phase 1b trial.
Silk SE, Kalinga WF, Salkeld J, Mtaka IM, et al · · 2024 · cited 34× · PMID 38880111 · DOI 10.1016/s1473-3099(24)00312-8 -
Safety and efficacy of the blood-stage malaria vaccine RH5.1/Matrix-M in Burkina Faso: interim results of a double-blind, randomised, controlled, phase 2b trial in children.
Natama HM, Salkeld J, Somé A, Soremekun S, et al · · 2025 · cited 26× · PMID 39672183 · DOI 10.1016/s1473-3099(24)00752-7 -
Vaccines and monoclonal antibodies: new tools for malaria control.
Miura K, Flores-Garcia Y, Long CA, Zavala F. · · 2024 · cited 24× · PMID 38656211 · DOI 10.1128/cmr.00071-23 -
Analysis of the diverse antigenic landscape of the malaria protein RH5 identifies a potent vaccine-induced human public antibody clonotype.
Barrett JR, Pipini D, Wright ND, Cooper AJR, et al · · 2024 · cited 22× · PMID 39059380 · DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2024.06.015 -
Preclinical development of a stabilized RH5 virus-like particle vaccine that induces improved antimalarial antibodies.
King LDW, Pulido D, Barrett JR, Davies H, et al · · 2024 · cited 16× · PMID 39019011 · DOI 10.1016/j.xcrm.2024.101654 -
The Need for Novel Asexual Blood-Stage Malaria Vaccine Candidates for <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i>.
Takashima E, Otsuki H, Morita M, Ito D, et al · · 2024 · cited 15× · PMID 38254700 · DOI 10.3390/biom14010100 -
Natural malaria infection elicits rare but potent neutralizing antibodies to the blood-stage antigen RH5.
Wang LT, Cooper AJR, Farrell B, Miura K, et al · · 2024 · cited 11× · PMID 39059381 · DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2024.06.037 -
A new landscape for malaria vaccine development.
Laurenson AJ, Laurens MB. · · 2024 · cited 6× · PMID 38935630 · DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012309
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05790889 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Last refreshed: 7 March 2025
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